Rainbow Community School hopes to double its campus

School aims to double campus size by buying adjacent church property

8:14 PM,
Nov. 30, 2013

Students at Rainbow Community School on Haywood Road play outdoors on the school playground, with a view of the West Asheville Church of God property in the background. The school is raising money to buy the church property, which would more than double the size of its campus.

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Barbara Blake |

The typical players in the resurgence of West Asheville's Haywood Road corridor have been eclectic eateries, hip boutiques and various entertainment venues, along with young families drawn to its friendly residential streets and avenues.

Now, a longtime private school in the middle of the main drag is stepping into the spotlight to offer its own boost to the neighborhood.

Rainbow Community School, founded in 1977 at 574 Haywood Road, is in the midst of its "Rainbow Rising" capital campaign to raise $200,000 toward a down payment on the adjacent West Asheville Church of God property at 60 ...